Albert white



(No Model.) I

' A. WHITE.

COAT. HOOK.

"-No..50'1,452. PatentdJuly 11', 1893'.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT WHITE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK TAYLOR, OFSAME PLACE.

COAT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,452, dated July 11,1893.

Application filed March 26, 1890.

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hatand Coat Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hat and coat hooks and consists in such a hookconstructed as hereinafter described, from a single wire, theconstruction being such as to combine economy of labor and materialsrequired in producing the same, and to secure a hook of great strengthand durability.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of my improved hat andcoat hook.

The hat and coat hook herein described is formed from a single piece ofwire A, and has a screw-threaded point a, at one end of the wire, in theusual manner, to enable said hook to be secured to a wall, cleat orother support, and near the other end of said wire has a loop a whichsurrounds the portion of the wire near said point a. A part of said wireis formed into an upper hook I-I, having a horizontal shank-wire a and,beyond said shank-wire, a laterally bent loop a which is curved upward,as shown, and has a considerable lateral extension to form a broadbearing for garments supported thereon. From the loop a the wire iscarried back, at a for a distance, parallel With the shank a and in thesame plane, and is then bent downward at an angle, at a to form aninclined strut or brace 13, to connect the upper hook H and the lowerhook H. At the lower end of the brace From said loop Serial No. 345,351.(No model.)

a the wire is bent backward to the lower end of said brace B and thenvertically upward to the loop a, to form arest or back a which bearsagainst the wall or other support of the hook. The lower hook H isdouble or formed of two portions of wire from the lower end of the braceB outward and the upper hook H is double or formed of two portions ofwire from the upper end of said brace to the end of said hook, and theback a of the hook is also double, the unthreaded end portion of thewire being preferably continued downward from the loop a to the lowerend of the brace-wire B. Both members of the same hook H H lie in thesame surface laterally, that is, a line connecting two points, one ineach member of the same hook, at equal distances from the free end ofsaid hook will be a horizontal line.

I claim as my invention- A hook formed of a single piece of wire, oneend of which is formed into an attachingpoint, said wire being doubledupon itself with an upwardly deflected loop to form a hat hook, the twomembers of which are in the same surface laterally, said wire from therear end of one of said members being extended diagonally downward andthen doubled upon itself and curved to form a coat hook, the two membersof which are in the same surface laterally, said wire from the end ofone of said last-named members being extended vertically and around theshank of one member of said hat hook, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, this 28th day of February, A. D1890.

ALBERT WHITE. Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, MYRTIE G. BEALS.

